About Us

The Company’s focus centres on defining significant bauxite resources with a view to developing a bauxite mining and export operation that may include Direct Shipping Ore (DSO).

The Company is of the view that the East Australian Bauxite Province (stretching from Queensland to New South Wales) has been considerably under-explored and has the potential to become a world-class bauxite province.

The Company offers exposure to the bauxite industry, characterised by looming strong demand.

The Company is targeting long-life operations and is positioning itself to participate in the growth in the sector.

Queensland Bauxite’s strategy entails:

Defining significant bauxite resources close to port and near established infrastructure

Undertaking feasibility studies to evaluate development options

Short list potential joint venture partners

Gain requisite approvals

Establish mining operation

Shipping bauxite ore to Asian alumina refineries

Using initial DSO cash flow to fund further exploration and DSO production expansion

Defining a sufficient economic bauxite resource to warrant the establishment of an alumina refinery

Following the completion of a comprehensive study, mapping and review process, the company has acquired projects that offer significant prospects for the attainment of high quality gibbsitic bauxite with a low reactive silica content close to key road, rail and port infrastructure.

About Us

Queensland Bauxite Limited holds in excess of 400 km2 of bauxite prospective terrain in Queensland, Australia.
The Company’s focus centres on defining significant bauxite resources with a view to developing a bauxite mining and export operation that may include Direct Shipping Ore (DSO).
The Company is of the view that the East Australian Bauxite Province (stretching from Queensland to New South Wales) has been considerably under-explored and has the potential to become a world-class bauxite province.
The Company offers exposure to the bauxite industry, characterised by looming strong demand.
The Company is targeting long-life operations and is positioning itself to participate in the growth in the sector.
Queensland Bauxite’s strategy entails:

Defining significant bauxite resources close to port and near established infrastructure

Undertaking feasibility studies to evaluate development options

Short list potential joint venture partners

Gain requisite approvals

Establish mining operation

Shipping bauxite ore to Asian alumina refineries

Using initial DSO cash flow to fund further exploration and DSO production expansion

Defining a sufficient economic bauxite resource to warrant the establishment of an alumina refinery

Following the completion of a comprehensive study, mapping and review process, the company has acquired projects that offer significant prospects for the attainment of high quality gibbsitic bauxite with a low reactive silica content close to key road, rail and port infrastructure.
The Company's projects include interests in:

North Queensland Bauxite Project

New South Wales Bauxite Project

Mozambique exploration licenses

Pilbara Gold Project

Bauxite

Bauxite is refined into alumina which is smelted into aluminium

Australia is the largest producer of Alumina in the world

Improving market fundamentals – strong medium to long term outlook

Bauxite is a naturally occurring, heterogeneous material composed primarily of one or more aluminum hydroxide minerals, plus various mixtures of silica, iron oxide, titania, aluminosilicate, and other impurities in minor or trace amounts. The principal aluminum hydroxide minerals found in varying proportions with bauxites are gibbsite and the polymorphs boehmite and diaspore. Bauxites are typically classified according to their intended commercial application: abrasive, cement, chemical, metallurgical, refractory, etc.

Bauxite is usually strip mined (surface mining) because it is almost always found near the surface of the terrain, with little or no overburden. Approximately 95% of the world's bauxite production is processed first into alumina, and then into aluminium by electrolysis. Bauxite rocks are typically classified according to their intended commercial application: metallurgical, abrasive, cement, chemical, and refractory.

The bulk of world bauxite production (approximately 85%) is used as feed for the manufacture of alumina via a wet chemical caustic leach method commonly known as the Bayer process. Subsequently, the majority of the resulting alumina produced from this refining process is in turn employed as the feedstock for the production of aluminium metal by the electrolytic reduction of alumina in a molten bath of natural or synthetic cryolite (Na3AlF6), the Hall-Héroult process.

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There are a number of risks, both specific to QBL, and of a general nature which may affect the future operating and financial performance of QBL, and the value of an investment in any of those entities including and not limited to economic conditions, stock market fluctuations, bauxite demand and price movements, timing of access to infrastructure, timing of environmental approvals, regulatory risks, operational risks, reliance on key personnel, reserve and resource estimations, native title and title risks, foreign currency fluctuations, and mining development, construction and commissioning risk. The production targets in this website or expressed during the course of this website are subject to completion of the necessary feasibility studies, permitting and execution of all necessary infrastructure agreements.

You should not act or refrain from acting in reliance on this website, or any information, opinions or conclusions expressed in the course of this website. This website does not purport to be all inclusive or to contain all information which its recipients may require in order to make an informed assessment of the prospects of QBL. You should conduct your own investigation and perform your own analysis in order to satisfy yourself as to the accuracy and completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this website before making any investment decision. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made in relation to the fairness, accuracy or completeness of the information, opinions and conclusions expressed in the course of this website. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each of QBL and their respective officers, employees, agents and advisors expressly disclaim any responsibility or liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damages suffered by any person, as a result of or in connection with this website or any action taken by you on the basis of the information, opinions or conclusions expressed in the course of this website.

All references to future production and production targets and port access made in relation to QBL are subject to the completion of all necessary feasibility studies, permitting, construction, financing arrangements port access and execution of infrastructure-related agreements. Where such a reference are made, it should be read subject to this paragraph and in conjunction with further information about the Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves, as well as the Competent Persons' Statements.

This website and information, opinions or conclusions expressed in the course of this website should be read in conjunction with QBL ‘s other periodic and continuous disclosure announcements

References to targets of Bauxite “tonnage”, “reserves”, “resources”, “ore” and “grades” are only conceptual in nature as, where these targets are mentioned there has been insufficient or unverified exploration data to define a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the determination of a Mineral Resource.

The information in this website to which this statement is attached that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by by Dr Robert Coenraads (BA Hons, MSc, PhD) and Mark Derriman (BAppSc Hons, MSc, MBA). Dr Coenraads is a fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mark Derriman is a full time employee of the Company. Dr Coenraads and Mr Derriman have sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which they are undertaking and to qualify as Competent Persons as defined in the 2004 Edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves". Dr Coenraads and Mr Derriman consent to the inclusion in the website of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

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Quarter Activities September 2014

Quarter Activities - June 2014

Queensland Bauxite progressed activities at the South Johnstone Bauxite Project in Queensland. In addition, the Company added to its portfolio with an acquisition of bauxite tenements in New South Wales.
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Quarter Activities - March 2014

As has been widely publicised, the recent Indonesian bauxite export ban that came into effect earlier this year is expected to greatly increase demand for bauxite from Australia, as Indonesia has previously been a significant exporter of bauxite to China.
The Chinese market requires constant supply of bauxite to meet the exponentially growing demand to feed the Chinese Alumina refineries. Australia is the next closest major bauxite producer to China, and within Australia itself, North Queensland is the closest port to China.
This places Queensland Bauxite in an advantageous position, as its recent discovery of bauxite in North Queensland, within 20 kilometres from a deep water port, could potentially be the ideal low cost high revenue project to competitively supplement the newly created demand from China for alternative sources of bauxite.
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Management

Pnina Feldman - Executive Chairperson
Pnina was the founding Chairperson of Australian Gold Investments Limited (now Queensland Bauxite Limited). Throughout her extensive 20-year involvement in the mineral exploration industry, Pnina has consistently demonstrated a world-class aptitude for sourcing, negotiating and developing exploration and resource projects both locally and internationally. She has successfully negotiated many joint ventures with major companies including BHP and De Beers, and was also the founder and Executive Chairperson of the publicly-listed Diamond Rose NL. Pnina studied Law and Arts at Melbourne University before attending Gateshead, England, where she studied teaching, religion and education. She has been the founder of numerous communal, educational, charitable and women's awareness initiatives, and in 2007 received the Wentworth community award for outstanding community service.
Sholom Feldman - Executive Director
Sholom was a founding director of Australian Gold Investments Limited (now Queensland Bauxite Limited) and its CEO and Company Secretary from inception in 2007. Sholom has extensive general commercial management experience and has performed considerable management and company secretarial work for both listed and unlisted companies. Having previously held the position of General Manager with publicly listed Diamond Rose NL between 1999 and 2005, he currently holds the positions of director and manager with a number of public and private companies including being the managing director and secretary of US listed Volcan Holdings Inc, a company he co-founded. Sholom has also been instrumental in negotiating, financing, sourcing, developing and managing many exploration projects internationally in a wide varied range of both precious and bulk commodities ranging from diamonds and sapphires to iron ore. Amongst these many projects were the purchases of the Guanaco Gold-Copper Mine in Chile from the Canadian Kinross Gold Corporation and subsequently purchasing Kinross’ portfolio of Australian gold assets, the sale to Murchison Metals of the Rocklea iron ore project, and directing and managing Volcan’s and QBL’s identification, acquisition and development of their large bauxite exploration portfolio. He studied at the International MBA program at Bar Ilan University in Israel and has also completed a Company Secretarial Practice and Meetings course with the Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries Australia.
Meyer Gutnick - Non-Executive Director
Mr. Meyer Gutnick has been Non Executive Director at Queensland Bauxite Limited since March 4, 2014. Mr. Gutnick has many years experience in the investing and finance industry. He has built his reputation in building significant investor portfolios in the banking, insurance and real estate sectors in New York. He is also a seasoned investor in the public markets including many years controlling investments in the mineral exploration industry including companies on the ASX and the public markets in North America. He is also a well known philanthropist who has supported many charities internationally, and has been instrumental in the establishment of a number of charities particularly focused on higher education and advanced learning.
Dr Robert Coenraads - Principal Project Geologist
Robert is a qualified geologist, geophysicist and gemologist with over 30-years’ experience in the field of international exploration and mining. He has written four internationally published books on geology and has also penned 40 scientific papers and numerous independent and company reports. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and a Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Australia (GAA). He completed his Ph.D. at Macquarie University, Sydney, his Diploma in Gemmology at the GAA, his M.Sc. at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and his BA(Hons.) in geology and geophysics at Macquarie University.

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Projects

Gold Project (QBL 100%)

Pilbara Gold Project

The Pilbara project is located in the under-explored but highly prospective Pilbara Craton. The project covers the northern half of the under-explored Rocklea Dome, and is considered to be a significant greenfield’s gold exploration play.
The project area straddles the northern half of the Rocklea Dome and encompasses a licence area of approximately 200km2. The licence includes a gold-prospective granitoid-greenstone terrane assemblage that is in fault-contact with a bimodal volcanic suite that underlies the Fortescue Group sedimentary and volcanic sequence of the Hamersley Basin.
In the mid 1990s stream sediment sampling by Vageta Pty Ltd yielded anomalous gold values up to 50ppb in the vicinity of old alluvial gold workings (Ceplecha 2000). In 1997, this work was followed-up by two phases of extensive stream sediment sampling in the central, central-north, central-west and north-east parts of the licence area. Gold mineralisation is also evident in an abandoned gold mine located within a meta-mafic intrusion, about 2km east of the identified central-north gold anomalies.
From 1998 to 2000, follow-up drilling and mapping programs over the main Rocklea Dome Gold Prospect area, adjacent to the old alluvial gold workings, identified several zones of gold mineralisation (Ceplecha 2000). The most significant gold values recorded within this group of gold zones included a drill hole intercept of 11.5g/t Au over a 4m interval, at a depth of 20m.
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North Queensland Project (QBL 100%)

Close to Port, Infrastructure and the End User

400 km2 of DSO bauxite terrain

Prospective for high quality gibbsitic bauxite with a low reactive silica content

The North Queensland Projects consist of the following project:

- South Johnstone Project

In 1961, at the South Johnstone Project, Carpentaria Exploration identified an exploration target* of 43Mt with the potential to be extended 5 times

Rail running through project areas and less than 20kms to a deep water port

Landholder consultation has been undertaken and favourable response received

Access for exploration granted

* This exploration target was made prior to the JORC code for reporting of resources coming in to existence

Significant Exploration Upside

QBL intends to re-drill and re-assay these areas to achieve a JORC compliant resource

Based on the workings of Carpentaria and based on the extent of lateritised basalts that are extensively present through the project area, QBL's exploration target on the South Johnstone project is:

200Mt to 250Mt with an acid soluble alumina range* of 31% to 40%

*According to Carter (1961), all AI203 assays quoted in Carpentaria reports 'refer to acid soluble alumina'. These reports were prepared prior to the JORC code for reporting of resources coming in to existence.